Food insecurity, food assistance and weight status in US youth: New evidence from NHANES 2007-08

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-166

  Kohn, M J ^a   Bell, J F ^a   Grow, H M G ^a   Chan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Food assistance; food insecurity; propensity score; youth overweight.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84904595332     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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